Sydney

Spelling variation of Sidney, French
"Saint Denis"

Sydney Origin and Meaning

The name Sydney is a boy's name meaning "Saint Denis".

The Sydney spelling most popular for girls: it's in the Top 50 on the female side. Cool for a girl, still nerdy for a guy.

# 988 in the US

Sydney Rank in US Top 1000

# 1296 on Nameberry

Sydney Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Sydney Popularity

Famous People Named Sydney

  • Sydney Brenner
    winner of the Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine
  • Sydney Ayres (dropped his first name Daniel)
    American silent film actor, director and screenwriter

Sydney in Pop Culture

  • Sydney
    capital city of New South Wales in Australia.
  • Sydney Carton
    character from "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens
  • Syd March
    protagonist of movie "Antiviral"
  • Sydney
    character in the TV show "The Pretender"